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Starters 8 — Test 2
Reading & Writing

A fun Pre-A1 paper for young learners — 5 parts, 25 questions, picture-based exercises with instant auto-grading. Practise like the real Cambridge Starters exam!

20 minutes 5 Parts 25 auto-graded Pre-A1 level
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5 questions

Look and read — tick or cross

Look at each picture and sentence. Put a tick (✓) if the sentence is right, or a cross (✗) if it is wrong. Examples: “This is a tree.” → ✓  |  “This is an ice cream.” (cake) → ✗

Example 1: ruler
Ex 1.This is a ruler. → ✓
Example 2: pineapple
Ex 2.This is a potato. → ✗
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5 questions

Look and read — write yes or no

Look at the picture and read the sentences. Write yes if the sentence is right, no if it is wrong. Examples: “The monsters are at a party.” → yes  |  “There is a birthday cake.” → no

Part 2 living room scene
Living room: children, sofa, TV, kite, mat with toy cars
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture (an animal). Read the letters near the paw prints to spell the word. Example: picture of a cat, letters c/a/t → cat

Animals + scrambled letters on paw prints
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5 questions

A crocodile — choose the right word

Read the riddle. Choose a word from the word bank below to fill each gap. There is one example.

A crocodile

A CROCODILE

I am a long, green animal. My babies come from eggs. I see with two big [1] and eat animals with my very big [2]. I can walk and run on my short [3]. I swim in [4] and live next to it. Children come and see me in a [5]. What am I? I am a crocodile.

Word bank: eggs, eyes, mouth, skirt, hockey, water, legs, zoo
Word bank: eggs (example), eyes, mouth, skirt, hockey, water, legs, zoo
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — answer the questions

Look at each picture and read the question. Write a one-word answer. Examples: “Where are the children?” → at school  |  “How many children are there?” → five

Part 5 scene A: helicopter flying above school with trees and playground
Questions 1, 2 & 3
Part 5 scene B: someone waving from the helicopter
Question 4
Part 5 scene C: woman taking a photo
Question 5

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